2 Timothy 1:13

Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

In Context

12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

14Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:21My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Romans 6:17But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.

Philippians 4:9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

1 Thessalonians 5:21but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 1:7-15

Cautions and Exhortations; Ministerial Fidelity. ( a. d. 66.) 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according… Read the whole commentary →

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